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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author get from a farm for his ravens?
(a) Seeds and nuts.
(b) Straw.
(c) A dead deer.
(d) A dead calf.

2. In "Excursions," what creatures are endangered because of high quantities of mercury and PCB in the water?
(a) Coyotes.
(b) Sea gulls.
(c) Blue herons.
(d) Bald eagles.

3. In the section "May 7," the author observes a few more nesting birds and notes their mating rituals are starting to _______.
(a) Begin.
(b) End.
(c) Increase.
(d) Be renewed.

4. In "April 2 Dreams," the author remembers a couple of dreams from how long ago?
(a) Nights before.
(b) Hours before.
(c) Years before.
(d) Decades before.

5. The author and his son watch a ______________ fly up into the sky and then circle back down to the ground.
(a) Woodpecker.
(b) Canadian goose.
(c) Woodcock.
(d) Mallard.

6. In what chapter does the author note how many activities and responsibilities he has taken on?
(a) "April 2."
(b) "April 1."
(c) "April 11."
(d) "April 20."

7. When the deer looks at him, what does the author do?
(a) He runs.
(b) He stares at her.
(c) He calls to her.
(d) He drops an apple on her head.

8. In "March 14 After the Storm," why does the author go into town again?
(a) To find dead cattle.
(b) To talk to his friends.
(c) To buy supplies.
(d) To have breakfast at the diner.

9. In the stump of an old __________ the author finds many wide, deep grub holes.
(a) Oak.
(b) Pine.
(c) Maple.
(d) Poplar.

10. The author describes the awakening life in what chapter?
(a) "April 3 Ice Fishing."
(b) "March 31".
(c) "April 2 Dreams."
(d) "April 1."

11. For how many days does the intensive class which the author teaches every winter at his cabin last?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty.

12. The author finds a female _______________ near his cabin and follows her on her search for food.
(a) Frog.
(b) Bumblebee.
(c) Squirrel.
(d) Hummingbird.

13. What does the author see the squirrels licking?
(a) The snow.
(b) Some select maple trees.
(c) All the maple trees.
(d) Their fur.

14. When the author goes for a walk in his snowshoes, what does he observe?
(a) The tracks of ravens.
(b) The tracks of many different animals.
(c) The tracks of bears.
(d) The tracks of deer.

15. The farmer also sells some_________ here and there to make money.
(a) Trees.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Deer.
(d) Bison.

Short Answer Questions

1. While driving along the way to take his son back, what does the author see?

2. In "January 20 Coyotes," what is the man, which the author just happens upon, doing?

3. In what chapter does it rain all day?

4. In the last section, "May 24 Graduation," the author makes the trip back to his university to see ________ graduate.

5. The author and his neighbor _________ go ice fishing in "April 3 Ice Fishing."

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